“This government task is the biggest project in the
history of Iceland. Vast areas of untouched nature –
the last remaining wildernesses of Europe – was
drowned September 2006. It was a sacrifice the government
decided to make for the American aluminum smelter company,
Alcoa. The project was carried forward by force, not
enlightened discussion. Iceland is one of the smallest
economies in the world. But the government is planning to
make it one of the biggest aluminum producers in the world.
The Icelandic government has defined the country as a heavy
industry zone, a neo-colony for huge aluminum smelters.
This will not only cause environmental but economical
devastation as well.”
[Ósk Vilhjálmsdóttir 2006]